Marking attachment for plows.



J. T. TUCKER.

I MARKING ATTACHMENT FOR PLOWS.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC]. 1, 1909.

960,444, Patented June 7,1910.

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J. T. TUCKER.

MARKING ATTAGHMENT FOR FLOWS.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.1, 1909. 960,444, Patented June 7,1910.

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1 JAMES THOMAS TUCKER, OF MOULTRIE,

GEORGIA.

MARKING ATTACHMENT FOR FLOWS.

Application filed December 1, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES THOMAS TUCKER, a citizen of the United States, residin at Moultrie, in the county of Colquitt and tate of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Marking Attachment for Plows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device used in connection with plows for gaging and marking ofi the distance between the rows.

It is the object of the invention to provide a device of the kind stated which is strong and durable, and simple in construction, and also one which can be readily applied to, or removed from the plow, and which is adjustable to mark rows of different widths.

The invention also has for its object to provide a marking device which may be adjusted to operate on either side of the plow, together with novel means whereby it may be readily thrown from one side of the plow over to the other side, without the plowman leaving his position at the handles of the plow.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for balancing the marking device whereby it is prevented from pulling the plow to one side.

The invention also has for its object to provide a marking device embodying certain novel features of construction to be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a plow, showing the marking device in position thereon. Fig. 2 is the front end view of the marking device, the plow beam being shown in transverse section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation partly in section, the section being taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 5 denotes the beam of an ordinary plow to which the invention is applied. On the rear end of the plow beam, adjacent to the handles 6, is mounted a base plate 7 which carries the arts constituting the marking device. This base plate is formed with fixed jaws 8 fitting one side of the plow beam, and the other side of the plow beam is engaged by movable jaws 9 adjustably connected to the base plate, whereby a clamp is had for securing the base plate on the plow beam. The jaws 9 are mounted on screw stems 10 carried by of wing nuts the base plate, and by means Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 7, 1910.

Serial No. 530,789.

11 are held tightly locked against the side of the plow beam. From the front end of the base plate 7 rises a standard 12 having at its upper end a forward bend 13 extending parallel to the olow beam 5. To the extremity of this ben is pivoted, as indicated at 14, a gage comprising a series of telescoping rods 15, the last one of said rods carrying a trailing marking stem 16. The gage extends transversely of the plow beam 5, and may be lengthened or shortened so as to bring the stem 16 into position to mark a row of the desired width. The gage sections 15 are held at adjustment by set screws 17 carried at the outer ends of all the sections except the last one, to be screwed against the sections which telescope within the respective sections. The gage section to which the marking stem 16 is connected has inch graduations 18, so that the stem 16 may be accurately set.

and adapted On the end of the gage opposite the end which carries the stem 16, is adjustably mounted a counterweight 19, which is held at adjustment by a set screw 20. The function of this weight is to balance the gage, and take its weight off one side, which would tend to pull the plow over to that side. The gage is provided with a brace 21 which is a chain connect-ed at one end by means of a clamp 22 to the front end of the plow beam 5, the other end of the chain being connected to a clamp 28 mounted on that section of the gage to which the stem 16 is connected. The chain is looped through a ring 2 1 carried by the clamp 23, and is connected to a sleeve 25, which is slidably mounted on the main portion of the chain, and is held at adjustment thereon by a set screw 26. The function of this sleeve is to permit lengthening and shortening of the chain.

The means for swinging the gage from one side of the plow over to the other comprises the following instrument-alities: From the rear end of the base plate 7 rises a standard 27 which is tubular and receives a telescoping stem 28, held at adjustment by a set screw 29. The upper end of the stem 28 is formed with an eye 30 through which passes a chain 31 connected at one end to one of the sections 15 of the gage, preferably, the next to the last one. The other end of the chain is looped around a small pulley or roller 32 carried by a hand grip to the other, by releasing the hand 31 a pull. 7 to the rod The gageand the stem carried thereby are swung from one side of the plow over grip 33 giving the chain The stem 16 is loosely connected so that it will automatically from the cross bar 36, and

' swing into marking positionwhen the gage -1s swung over to the other side of the plow.

In use, the device is mounted on the plow beam, near its rear end, as herein descrlbed, and clearly shown 1n Fig. 1. The gage 1s adjusted according to the distance desired between the rows, and is swung over to one side of the plow, so that the marking stem may trail over the ground, in which position it is held by the chains 21 and 31. Fig. 1

shows the marking stem 011 the land side of the plow, and the stem therefore makes a mark for the next furrow. If desired, the gage may be swung over tothe other side of the plow so that the stem trails in the last furrow made. In either case, the rows will be accurately spaced apart. The necessary adjustments can be quickly and easily made, and the gage can be swung from one side of the plow to the other without the plowman leaving his place at the handles. The gage sections 15 are oblong in cross sections so that they cannot turn one within the other, and they are securely held in adjusted posit-ion by the set screws as easy with the at-' 17. The plow runs tachment as without,as the weight 19 serves to balance the parts. At the end of the row, when starting back in'the opposite direction, a pull on the chain 31 brings the gage and the marking stem over on the other marker, a support for said 'ing adjustable sections whereby said supside of the plow beam, and the device is ready to mark off the next row.

' The marking device is herein described and shown applied to a plow, but it will be evident that it may also be connected to a cultivator.

What is claimed is:

1. In a marking attachment for plows, the combination with aplow beam, of a marker comprisport may be lengthened, and shortened, the marker being carried on one end of the support, and a counterweight adj ustablymount ed on the other end of the support.

QQIn a marking attachment for plows, the combination with a plow beam, of a marker, a support for the marker carried by the plow beam, and pivoted to swing to either. side there they plow, beam, and having an eye at its upper end, ahoisting line passing through I said eye, and connected at one. of its ends to the support of the marker, and holding means for the other end of hoisting line. Y,

of, a standard rising from i 3. In a marking attachment for plows,

the combination with a: plow beam andits handles, the latter being connected "by a cross bar," ofwa marker, a support for the markercarried by the plow beam, and pivoted to swing to either side of the beam, a standard rising from the plow beam, and having an eye," a hoisting line passing through said eye, and connected at one' end tothe support-.of'the marker, and a hook carried by the other end of the line, and adapted to engage the aforesaid cross -bar of the handles. I

1 In testimony that I' claim'the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aifixedmysignature in the presence of two witnesses;

' J MES. THOMAS UcKER. Witnesses:

' Gr. W. HAMMOND, f H. P TcI-IFInLD. 

